wide-eyed
Example Sentences
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When the chef left his war-torn homeland in 2015, he never imagined that one day he would watch as cameras flashed and wide-eyed crowds greeted the monarch arriving at his Soho restaurant last year.
From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026
On the subject of AI replacing heretofore normal human activities, Mr. Amodei, born in 1983, writes with the wide-eyed wonder of a high-school-aged techno-utopian.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
The camera regularly abruptly panned to her musicians, who held the same wide-eyed stare as Gaga.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026
Tartakovsky conveys all of Spear’s torment, loneliness and the magnitude of his love with zero dialogue, only a wide-eyed stare into the distance as he lumbers along, pulled by the memory of an unfinished life.
From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026
When they are finally allowed to enter, they do so wide-eyed, and as they move from tent to tent, their eyes only get wider.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
